this is. from berlin that still lingers in mosul almost a year after it's from islamic state we take you back to the iraqi city in an exclusive report for you meets the people clearing the corpses that still miami but the rubble more than a thousand bodies have been recovered so far also coming up the death toll following guatemala's volcanic eruption rises authorities saying seventy people are now confirmed dead despite that rescue workers are still hoping to find people.

and the behind the scenes of a rocket launch will visit blanco to war in kazakhstan as an international space station crew prepares for lift. off it's good to have you with us it's almost a year now since iraqi troops return to the northern iraqi city of moves from islamic state jihad is mozilla's one of iraq's biggest cities it's strategically important because of its oil despite that much of the old city still lies in ruins and amid the rubble there are still corpses i'm a reporter jafar abdul karim has been speaking to aid workers in mosul he sent us this exclusive report and we do have to warn you some of the images which we have pixilated are disturbing. the

smell of death is everywhere old mosul is like an open air symmetry nearly a year after the battle between the so-called islamic state and iraqi troops and the corpses still fill the streets. we meet hosseini the young nurse has volunteered to help remove the bodies. and this old house in this room we found one hundred fifty corpses they were all shot in the hand they're not here yes. the stench is hard to take it fills your nostrils and chill now because we took away all the bodies then we burned the room and to sanitize it but how did they all say that. they were let out one on top of the other men and women and children. there are still bones here they were stuck to the blankets. anyone passing by can

see the corpses under the rubble. heads without bodies. a girl's hair still stuck to her up by. the volunteers have removed one thousand three hundred fifty bodies so far. the old city in mosul was and i asked stronghold sometimes they also find dead fighters. they. can mess with isis was responsible for your sister's death correct the one initially and today you are removing the bodies of some of their fighters what goes through your mind when you do this. you know that this is their place this is where they deserve to end up at the head of i lost my sister and she has a grave i can visit her to find his remains and that without a grave the fact that i get to remove their bodies is my biggest revenge that fighting them with a weapon is exactly what they want they want us to be inhumane they want us to

fight each other. it's life threatening work for the volunteers there could be unexploded bombs anywhere and they've light don't you wait till the area is secure not and then remove the bodies were not security officials many times nobody wants to do this and no one wants to come here. families can't identify their loved ones because of the lack of forensic medicine. he has issues to have you met people hunting for their relatives i've seen women and men who come looking for their dead children they say their children died here but they're not sure if this is the exact place because everything's been obliterated. what shocks you about all of this it is the bodies of women and children the little brothers me even more is that no one asks about them not even the government. three

thousand people remain missing their bodies like the somewhere here beneath the rubble. well tonight in guatemala authorities have ordered towns near the four way go volcano to evacuate amid fears of a fresh eruption the number of people killed since the volcano burst into life on sunday has already risen to seventy authorities warn the death toll will rise further as rescuers continue to search small during terrain for the missing the latest victim was an eight year old boy with severe burns who died in the hospital before he could be transferred to the united states for treatment. or guatemala as president has declared a state of emergency and has called for three days of mourning we want to get more now on the situation tonight i'm joined by deanna medina who was part of the red cross relief effort in guatemala she joins me on the phone good evening to you dion

if you could through tell us about the help that the red cross is providing the victims right now. hello seems to be you know the emergency wreck of the news on the ground supporting people on the tommy says right now we are providing. first aid first of all this is where main to be said the moment but otoh psychosocial support with the family to soothe the of the realities and also. with put all of all of the what amount of or across. the services to turn to for transport people injured or will people who need help in did and the host in the un post because of the capital and what needs to be done to help survivors in the coming days i mean assuming of course that there's not a fresh eruption. well right now. collecting the most

cost because he says that if this is cool people getting the catch when they can when they can buy whatever they need really needs at the moment but we also need water of course corded is the first thing is that every second we need to provide people who have lost everything i know to shut down the government have been the peace and the people who had lost the houses put in them a nice chunk at the moment but in the coming say we are going to be for them because they don't that because they say how this is not possible that the moment to return to the house is not even in that we. know. we can certainly understand and we understand when you say the people right now they need money to buy things water and shelter we understand that the government in guatemala has just issued evacuation orders for several towns near the volcano will that complicate your efforts to help people. yes of course we're going to need more people we're

going to need more bones we already have more than cows and we'll do on the down forty and release and full run of the rhythm of bones but we need. we have to move because we have to give up a little people for two of those we're going to meet need more support from peter sagal so foolish. blanket. hiking. this kind of thing that people might need to do is get back to say. dion medina with the red cross relief efforts in guatemala tonight we certainly appreciate your time and you're doing important work we wish you all the best thank you thank you very much . israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that he has not asked france it's to pull out of the international nuclear deal with iran and it's on yahoo met with french president today in paris part of his efforts to get european

allies to take a tougher line on iran but at a joint press conference netanyahu said that there is no need for france to abandon the nuclear accord he says that if sanctions against tehran are strong enough economic pressure will cause the deal to collapse anyway. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world russian president vladimir putin has told austria's sebastian courts that his country is interested in repairing ties with the european union mr putin has been meeting with austrian leaders on his first foreign trip since we election putin also called for europe to lift it sanctions against russia. ethiopia says it is ending the dispute over its shared border with eritrea after decades of tension in fighting the government says it will fully accept the un deal put forward back in two thousand and two to divide up the contested territory between the two countries the move was initiated by

ethiopia's a new prime minister. who was sworn in last month. movie producer harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault he entered his plea at a court in new york the charges involved two separate women these are the first cases to come to court since scores of women went public last year accusing weinstein of sexual misconduct over a decade weinstein denies any wrongdoing. the fashion designer kate spade best known for her line of sleek handbags has died at the age of fifty five in an apparent suicide police say her housekeeper found her body in her new york apartment on tuesday morning and new it was reportedly also found at the scene . a multinational crew of astronauts and cosmonauts will blast off in

a little bit later tonight to spend six months on the international space station the crew come prized of a russian an american and a german will take off from the city of by could award in kazakhstan w.'s yuri russia has this report from the launch pad. i mean by cornu are at the world's largest spaceport cause more drama as it's cold here in the middle of the. nowhere in the world launches as many spacecraft as of this place thus even as the russian cosmonaut humor regarding the first human in space to call from here. there are just a few hours left until the launch. of a special train brinks of the soyuz spacecraft to the ramp. security is tight especially i was told because there is a danger of espionage and here comes the rocket with

a long shot at seven o'clock in the morning. right up until takeoff technicians work in the rocket and recheck everything meticulously because of the actual launch is one of the most dangerous moments of the whole flight obviously the launch is one of the more risky phases but it's also something the crew is really looking forward to to experience these incredible forces that push the humans from the surface of this planet into orbit it's remarkable the g. loads it's pretty quick less than nine minutes from lift off until you reach the weightlessness and you are traveling with almost twenty eight thousand kilometers per hour it's something to look forward to on earth these flights to other

astronauts are on board alongside of the german commander alexander garrisoned at the russian sergei prokofiev and the u.s. american siri not a non chancellor you know do this you can imagine oh this you guys is it's always been a pleasure. three you know it's really women are using the words or the will in time . it's like going through the weekend on trees most don't know it's me leaving them because they know that these guys are seeing the. nothing to worry about. the peak moment he's approaching and than all the systems everything is ready for space. all right back here on earth there's been a huge shock in the french open with italian marco chickie though knocking out novak djokovic sht to progress to the semifinals checking out those from

a huge surprise by taking the first two sets before djokovic should back to win the third but the momentous upset was completed in the fourth chicken out to winning a tie break to secure his place in the final four he now faces austria's dominique team in the women's draw all sloane stephens secured her place in the semifinals defeating russia's at sucking in straight sets she'll face compatriot madison for a spot in the. our next to one of those inane and insane competitions that the british they just seem to delight in listening closely now a custard pie throwing contest indeed the custard pie throwing championships world because this has somehow become a big deal for japanese ex-pats and a full fledged even flew from kyoto for the fifty first annual event if you've got extra flier miles points are scored for well placed hits for instance a pint to the face scores six if you're keeping track the winners this year were

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